2 TB?? Has anyone found and/or used a 2TB model of this DVR expander? I want to buy an eSATA hard drive for my Directv DVR, and it seems silly to only buy 1 TB.
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Yes see my listing for the 2TB DVR Expander from Western Digital - but note that it is only compatible with certain DVRs. See my other listings as well.
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Yes! You can use a 2 TB Hard Drive. I was advised by tech support that 2 TB is the max at this time.Be aware that it will slow your receiver down. No problems with quality or picture. However, there is a double to triple time delay when I am searching through guide or changing channels on my Directv DVR HD Model 24, 500 GB, Internal Hard Drive.That is not a problem for me. It is worth it for the extra space. I record a lot of football games on the football ticket. This way my wife's shows do not get deleted.
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I called WD in 2014 when my old expander died and was told that the 2TB version wouldn't work with my Scientific Atlanta DVR model 8300.This was due to a limitation on the DVR, not the expander. So I bought the 1TB and am still happy.
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I have an older Direct TV DVR (model HR-20-100S). Will this HD work for me? Also, can I make it the default HD, to avoid using the lousy internal HD in the Direct TV DVR? (I have had about 10 crash and burn on me over a 10 year period, and lost hundreds of recorded programs.I would pay extra if they had a reliable solid state HD as an option).
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I have installed a Lacie 1TB drive on my DirectTV DVR and so far...only a week.. it has worked well . did need to format the LaCie drive on one of my PC's before I connected it to the DVR. I don't know the Tivo but I would expect the Lacie drive to run on it. I used the eSATA port for a fast data transfer but the USB and Firewire ports should be okay also.As you can tell I did not buy the simpler USB only Lacie drive.
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You can buy a blank hard drive like I did. Then put in the new drive I put in a Seagate 7200 rpm 2 gig SATA drive. If you go on YouTube you can see the 4 clips that you need to move to take the top off and disconnect the old drive install the new drive close the DVR and hook it up power it on and the unit will configure the new drive and you are all done very simple.
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The reason I used the WD My Book DVR Expander is because it was recommended by the manufacturer of TIVO DVR. May I suggest you verify with the manufacturer of Scientific Atlanta DVR?
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i am not sure about 2 hardrives. i only know that i ordered the unit with a terra drive installed and i don't have a clue what the inside of the dvr look like.
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I just had a Western Digital 2TB My Book fail miserably (miserably!!! Dead!) after two months. I've never had any other drive fail (and I've used much smaller capacity WD external drives w/out issue in the past). But i'm now a Seagate (1TB Freeagent) user because I won't trust the larger WD's any longer. Once bitten! ;) Since the failure, many of my colleagues have admitted the same type of failure from their WD's and are using Seagates with good results. If you search online, you'll see very mixed reviews with similar negative views of the Seagates, but I can only speak from my own very frustrating experience with my WD. I just had a Western Digital 2TB My Book fail miserably (miserably!!! Dead!) after two months. I've never had any other drive fail (and I've used much smaller capacity WD external drives w/out issue in the past). But i'm now a Seagate (1TB Freeagent) user because I won't trust the larger WD's any longer. Once bitten! ;) Since the failure, many of my colleagues have admitted the same type of failure from their WD's and are using Seagates with good results. If you search online, you'll see very mixed reviews with similar negative views of the Seagates, but I can only speak from my own very... » Read More I just had a Western Digital 2TB My Book fail miserably (miserably!!! Dead!) after two months. I've never had any other drive fail (and I've used much smaller capacity WD external drives w/out issue in the past). But i'm now a Seagate (1TB Freeagent) user because I won't trust the larger WD's any longer. Once bitten! ;) Since the failure, many of my colleagues have admitted the same type of failure from their WD's and are using Seagates with good results. If you search online, you'll see very mixed reviews with similar negative views of the Seagates, but I can only speak from my own very frustrating experience with my WD. « Show Less
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I have read on a couple of TiVo forums where people have installed the WD AV-GP 3 TB drive in the My Book expander and it worked fine. I know the RED drives will not work with the tivo. I've tried three of the RED drives and none have worked. Hope this helps.
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the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of my space, oh, and of course ignore the fact that i just deleted 12TB of data the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of... » Read More the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of my space, oh, and of course ignore the fact that i just deleted 12TB of data « Show Less
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I know nothing about the 2TB one. I bought the 3TB and that has been the first one I purchased from Micronet. So far, it works fine.
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I used WD Black 4TB HDD, it works great for both USB 3.0 and eSATA, but need update Intel Rapid Storage Technology to using eSATA, I did not tried 6TB.
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I bought this drive back in May 2014 as a working drive for a Channel Master DVR+ (16GB High Definition) and it works great! I really do not notice a difference between accessing it and the built-in drives in my cable system DVR! Seem pretty fast. Accessing from a computer would depend on the the CPU set in the computer! One good thing I miss is the noise I use to hear with my old external hard drives. It operates very quietly.
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Amazon have been sending me the WD20EARS-00MVWB0!If you do buy it, please buy it thru my Amazon Store, its the same price and I get a small kickback from the sale.http://astore.amazon.com/brisperpag-20/detail/B002ZCXK0IGreat drive btw, use this for my main data partition and for an external backup drive on many servers.
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I am a Vidéotron customer with a Illico DVR (Explorer 8300HD+ with 320GB hard drive). Western Digital web site reports compatibility with my Explorer is only with their 500GB model. I requested compatibility report to WD with their 1TB model and my Explorer but no news yet. I see many people with my Explorer model have installed the 1TB version and it appears to be working fine. I am undecided about buying either the 500GB or 1TB version. Do both versions work with my Explorer unit ? Can anybody confirm this? Please advise if you can. Thanks very much, regards.
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I have been using it for a Direct TV DVR! It has worked fine until it reached just over 1TB of recording at the remote TV location. This location apparently can not support much beyond this point. It shows the latest recordings & older ones, but not the entire recordings. At the main TV location, the receiver/DVR does seem to support additional content, but everything is slower. ie: switching between channels & programming. The current DVR is 1TB, so that may explain the problem. If the Zmodo recording ability is less than 3 TB there may be a problem of support for additional storage.
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Wow, at 2terrabyte why is that even an issue?? I have no idea.. Just use a huge external hard drive and it should be almost limitless. All I know is that 2tb seems like plenty, at least for me. In four years of many photos, I didn't even fill 250gig on my laptop that was my main computer at the time. I do like this all in one, tho it isn't quite as fast as I had hoped it would be. And I prefer the Windows seven side to the childish eight side. Love the large screen. Overall..I would recommend it..the storage should be plenty especially for a home computer.
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I just finished installing this 1TB and it worked like a charm... 828GB free out of 931GB. I'll update this if any thing changes...
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Many wish we knew; it's more than likely the rumored 1tb expander that "will" be "blessed" by Tivo but who knows when? It's supposed to have a Tivo logo on the box so I'm guessing this will be the one. I've got it in my wish list for the second it's announced.